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It started off with a “Whiz
Bang!” I'm talking about the
American Legion Auxiliary! The
first meeting of the year was a
challanging one! The new Presi
dent Mrs. John Chesnut pre
sided in a gracious manner. Her
plans were challanging, and the
seven bronze trophies sitting on
the mantle of the Legion Home's
huge mantle really gleamed and
reflected the spirit of the in
terested members who had work
ed hard to earn them in both the
District and the State. The Chap
ter furnished the State Presi
dent, Mrs. Dan Clower, who is
now in Los Angeles attending
the National Convention, and
where she has been elected Na
tional Committee Woman.
The Auxiliary at it’s first meet
ing reported seventy-two mem
bers already having paid their
1956-57 dues. Mrs. Luke Hill is
membership chairman and re
ported five new members for
this year already. The goal is
142 members. Almost all ladies
belong to some Patriotic orga
nization, but sve r y woman
whose husband, father, or child
fought in World War I—World
War II etc. should belong to this
organization and Auxiliary of the
American Legion to which your
husband, father or son belongs
or should belong. If we do not
honor that father, son or hus
band NOW while they are yet
with us, and work hand and
nand with them in the great
work, then we are not honoring
them as we should. If you should
belong—Call Mrs. Luke Hill and
she will send you an application
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ty Fair were made and my Oh
ME . . . the hands that went up
when they asked w r ho would
bake pies and cakes and serve
in the booth ... if you were not
there let your president KNOW
and at once what you will cook
for the booth. Charlotte John
son a past president and Mrs.
Ty Cason are in charge of Edu
cation and scholarships . . . they
voted to give a scholarship if
they had cooperation of Legion
and I'm sure they will. The Au
xiliary is trying to locate every
boy or girl in the County whose
father was killed in the war for
there will be aid to go to college
foi these bovs and girls. So if
your husband was killed in the
was and you have children be
sure and get in touch with either
Mrs. Cason or Mrs. Johnson.
Sad time of year right now . . .
boys and girls have been home
from College for Summer . . .
parents do not get to see too
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Sam Dietz Is
Now Improved
Friends of Sam Dietz, con
fined to the St. Josephs Hos
pital. Augusta, for the past several
weeks, will be pleased to know
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Sam Dietz
his condition is
improved.
Mr. Dietz
made his home
here and was
long identified
with the depart
ment store bu
siness. He re
tired and moved
to Augusta last |
year.
With his Brother, Harry, he
founded Dietz Bros., and was
later associated with his son,
Irving, in the operation of the
store.
Newton count ians join in wish
ing him a complete and speedy
recovery.
'Mr. Will' Greer Celebrates
88th Birthday With Family
William Robert Greer, one of
the oldest native residents of
Newton County, celebrated h’s
88th birthday Sunday at his home
in Covington. “Mr. Will,” as he
is known to his many friends
throughout this section, was born
September 12. 1868. at Hayston,
where he made his home until
moving to Covington eight years
ego.
Mr. Greer was married to the
late Minnie Adams of this county.
They had seven children all of
whom are living and prominent
citizens of Newton County. They
include Bernard Greer, Tom
Greer, Miss Mae Greer with
whom Mr. Will makes his home;
Mrs. G. T. Sumner (Stella);
Brooks Greer, Mrs. Paul Turner
(Dixie); and Robert Greer of
Atlanta.
Mr. Greer was the honor guest
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For y Newton County Students Off For College
New Newtv ,ity High School Athletic Field Will Be Dedicated At First Home Game Sept. 21st
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ABOVE IS PICTURED, a view of the new Newton County Athletic Field where
the first home game will be played September 21st. The field will be dedicated
at that time with appropriate ceremonies.
The new field is probably the best High School field in the state of Georgia
and Newton County citizens have made the field possible by contributing liber
ally to its erection.
The field is a reality of the dream of Principal Homer Sharp, who being dis
satisfied with the old field, saw the possibilities of this new location, and at
the same time, did something about it by interesting the citizens in Newton
County and sold them on the idea.
Mr. Sharp called a group of influential citizens together at a luncheon and
disclosed his idea. A committee was appointed and funds solicited and the
field is now ready for use.
Wendell Crowe was named chairman and Marion Piper, Nai Turner and
Homer Sharp were named on the committee. All these men working together
raised approximately $15,000 by soliciting voluntary contributions.
Both the city and county officials have contributed much labor toward the
construction of the field and the field now stands as a monument to the
citizens of our county. If the field had been contracted it would probably have
cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.00.
A two-story combination refreshment stand Press Box with rest rooms for
both men and women was constructed and can be seen at the left of the
picture. Marion Piper drew the plans for this building. Concrete stands were
Mayor and Council
Decline Request
For Natural Gas
City Clerk Clyde Castleberry,
following action of Mayor and
Council, Tuesday started notifi
cation to residents living be
■ tween Covingtan and High Point
। that extension of natural gas to
include this area will not be
accomplished this fall and win
; ter.
Mr. Castleberry, advised resi
i dents that the cost of the pro
■ ject, together with delivery of
। pipe, were among chief factors
in the decision of Mayor and
Council.
Junior Service
Guild Cake Sale
Next Saturday
The Covington Junior Service
Guild will sponsor a cake sale
. Saturday, September 15 in front
of Henson Furniture Company
on the square.
The sale starts at 9 a. m. so
plan now to be there early. If
you should wish to reserve a
| cake just call 6164 and we will
be happy to take your order.
at a family dinner at his home
here on Sunday, September 9,
in observance of his 88th birth
day. Mr. Will has 18 grandchil
dren and 7 great-grandchildren.
Those enjoying this happy oc
casion with him were:
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Greer. Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Greer Jr., Mrs.
George Sumner, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Greer, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Greer, Bonnie and Becky, Miss
Fav Greer, Miss Mae Greer, Mr.
and Mrs. Brooks Greer, Elizabeth
Ann and Ted Greer, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Turner, Charles and
Johnny Turner, Mrs. C. E. Max
well and C. E. Maxwell Jr.,
Douglasville; Mrs. Lillie Greer,
Mrs. Mary Lillie Adams, of Mans
field; Mr. and Mrs. Howell Hays
and Mr. arid Mrs. Fred Greer, of
Hayston: Mrs. Ida Biggers, and
Mrs. L. A. Patrick.
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Marcus Bryant
Accepts Position
Walton Tribune
W. Marcus Bryant, a valued
member of the NEWS staff,
leaves this week to accept a po
sition as Associate Editor of the
Walton Tribune in Monroe.
Mr. Bryant joined the News
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W. M. Bryant
staff in May,
1953, and has
served a s City
Editor, Advertis
ing Manager
and General
Manager since
that time in an
efficient manner.
He a n’d hi s
lovely family
have made a host of
friends who regret to see them
leave Newton County. They
plan to move to Monroe and
make their future home.
Mr. Bryant was a member of
the Covington Kiwanis Club and
a Deacon in the First Baptist
Church. He was born and reared
in Athens, Ga. w’here he at
tended the University of Geor
gia and is a graduate of the
Henry W. Grady School of
Journalism.
The best wishes of his fellow
workers and his numerous
friends go with him and wish
him happiness and success in
his new position.
Teen-Can Bldg.
Will Be Available
For Organizations
The Girl Scouts of Covington
and their sponsoring organiza
tion The Junior Service Guild
have declined the offer of the
Covington Rotary Club to use
the Teen Can building as their
home and will continue for the
present time to meet at the
Legion Home until such time
as they are able to erect their
own building.
The Teen-Can building will
continue to be available to
school groups and other organi
zations for their meetings.
Covington's ONLY HOME - OWNED and HOME - OPERATED Newspaper
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1956
Covington Lions
To Hear District
Governor Tonight
The Covington Lions Club
will have as their guest speaker
| (tonight) Thursday. District Gov
। ernor Henry Willis of Wash
ington, Ga. Mr. Floyd Daniels
of Madison, Ga. Zone Chairman
will also be in attendance.
All members are urged to be
I present for this important meet
;mg (tonight) Thursday, at the
American Legion Hall, 7:30 p.
m., by Lion President Joe Hay
more.
Commander Hill
Makes Legion
Appointments
The regular monthly meet
ing of the American Legion was
held Tuesday night, September
4. at the Legion Hall, at which
time officers and committee
chairmen were appointed for
the coming year and plans were
made for the annual fair.
The fair this year will run
from Monday, Oct. Ist, through
Saturday, Oct. 6. Different Le
gionnaires will serve as chairmen
each night and appointments
were made as follows: Monday
night, Edgar Wood; Tuesday
night. Arthur Hooten: Wednes
day night, John Chesnut; Thurs
day night, Bernard Greer; Fri
day night, William Galt, and
Saturday night, J.. C. Polk. These
chairmen need plenty of help so
any Legionaire who will help
is asked to contact the chairmen
of the night of his choice* The
chairmen will call certain mem
bers and ask them to serve.
Legion Commander Luke Hill
made the following appoint
ments at the meeting: Post
Chaplain, C. T. Bohannan; Ser
vice Officer, Marvin A. Cason;
j Publicity Officer, William R.
Galt; Judge Advocate, Charles
I King; Sgts-at-arms, Bennell
Myers and John Chesnut. Chair
man of the Membership Commit
tee, Ty C. Cason; Chairman of
I Child Welfare, Thomas A.
Stubbs, and Chairman of Re
(habilitation, Bernard Greer.
poured, and can be seen at the left of the picture. One of the finest score
boards in the state was erected and can be seen at the right of the picture. The
clock in this score board will be used as the official time of the game and wlil
be operated by the official timekeeper.
The visitors stand are shown to the right and were moved from the old
Athletic Field. Temporary seats will also be erected above the concrete stands
making a seating capacity of approximately 3,000.
A Cyclone fence was erected around the entire field at a cost in excess of
$5,000. The picture also shows a fence in front of the seats on the right side
to keep visitors from going on the field.
The field has a wonderful turf which was planted by the students of Newton
High under the supervision of Homer Sharp a year ago and has been carefully
nurtured until now if provides a heavy turf.
Home: Sharp, Wendell Crowe, Marion Piper, Nat Turner and Leon Cohen,
members of the committee, have been almost daily visitors at the field watching,
assisting and advising wherever necessary.
All of Newton County have taken an interest in this fine field and view
with pride the completion. Every effort is being made to fill it to capacity on
opening game night Friday, September 21st. so let's all plan io be there at
that time and every game throughout the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer F. Sharp and Wendell Crowe are shown in the above
photograph.
Everett H. Pratt
Heads Kiwanis
Club Next Year
Everett H. Piatt, prominent
Covington businessman, and ac
tive in community and civic af
fairs, has been elected president
of the Covington Kiwanis Club
for next year. He succeeds John
N. Booth, and heads a new officer
slate to be installed in ceremonies
at the first meeting in January.
The following will serve witji
Mr. Pratt: Marion Piper and Don
Wood, vice pres
idents; Ed Rob
inson, secretary;
Clyde Castle
berry. treasurer;
and Robert O.
Shannon, Wen
ri e 11 Crowe,
Homer F. Sharp,
Lanier Hardman,
and Robert R
Fowler Jr., directors.
Mr. Pratt is presently serving
as vice president of the local
club, and Messrs. Robinson and
Castleberry were re-elected for
the coming year.
The Rev. H. A. Zinser was
speaker at the regular weekly
meeting of the club last Thurs
day, when new officers were
elected. The Rev. Mr. Zinser des
cribed the nature of the alcoholic
problem in American society. Dr.
Clarence B. Palmer was program
chairman and introduced Kiwan
ian Zinser.
Jack Meadors, son of Kiwanian
Frank C. Mgadors, was inducted
into membership of the local club.
He was inducted by Wendell
Crowe.
30 Pages - Five
Sections, In This
Issue of NEWS
This edition of the Coving
ton NEWS is 30 pages.
Your attention is invited io
the complete five section, two
in color.
This newspaper is Covington's
index io civic pride and pros
perity — not just a newspaper,
bv*t an institution.
Turner Warehouse
Receives the First
Bale of Cotton
Nat Turner, of the Turner
Warehouse, announced they had
I received their first bale of cot
i ton grown in this county of the
1956 season.
i The bale of cotton was receiv
; ed last Saturday. The cotton was
I grown by Luther Key. colored,
in this county and ginned by
Anderson Gin. The bale weighed
440 pounds and brought 36c per
pound as it was good middling
15/16.
Elks Barbecue
And Dance Set
For Sept. 25th
Covingtn Elks will celebrate
the completion of the renovation
to the interior of its lodge on
I Rainbow Lake with a barbecue
and dance Tuesday, September
I 25.
Proceeds will go to Aidmore
Crippled Children’s Hospital.
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Everett Pratt
‘OtisNixon Day’Monday To
Honor Veteran County Clerk
Next Monday, September 17,
promises to be a big day for Otis
Nixon and his friends throughout
this section of the state. Distin
guished Georgians have been in
vited for the occasion, to be ob
served as "Otis Nixon Day.' 1
Mayor Jack L. Elliott has pro
claimed the day in honor of the
veteran Clerk of Newton Super
ior Court. Mr. Nixon, after 40
years service, retires upon the
completion of his present term,
December 31, this year.
The September term of court,
scheduled to open Tuesday, is Mr.
Nixon's last before retiring.
Friends decided it was an appro
priate time to honor him and
show appreciation for his long,
faithful, and efficient service.
At 10 o’clock a portrait of Mr.
Nixon will be unveiled in the
Superior Courtroom. Nat S. Turn
er will present the portrait, made
possible through the financial
Large Number
College Bound
This week marks the laun
ching of a new era in the
ilves and education of many
of Newton County's young
people. .
College doors are swinging
wide throughout the nation, with
faculties and staffs ready to as
sume the most important task
of America today — imbuing its
youth with the knowledge of the
ages, and grooming young men
and women for the vital role they
will play in national and inter
national affairs, in one of the
world's most crucial periods of
history.
Mixed emotions permeate the j
preparations for the eventful day
of departure, for both parents j
and young 'people. Breaking the
home ties isn’t easy for either.
The privilege of giving their chil- ;
dren the advantage of higher edu- !
cation is what parents have striv- I
en for through the years; and the
joy of this happy achievement is
dimmed only by the vacuum of ;
silence so recently filled with
lilting laughter, the eager step,
the gay whistle, the outraged
dignity, of maturing youth. With
widened horizons, few of our
young people experience “home
sickness’ nowadays; and the chal
lenge of tomorrow brings the
thrill of adventure as they depart
for their respective colleges.
Among Newton County gradu
ates of 1956 who are currently
I leaving for college are; North
Georgia, Dahlonega — Nelson
Allen, Spencer Boyd, Melvin
Capps, Kenneth Costlev. Marcus
Coody, Patty Lee Knight; Geor
gia Tech, Atlanta — Charles Wil
liam Autry. Harry Curtis, Robert
Fowler, Luther Grant Henderson,
Marion Piper, William C. Smith;
Uni. of Georgia Athens — Clifton
Benton. Kenneth Kelly Davis,
Denny Dixon, Jackie Heard. Aud
rey Marie Jones, Larry Mell Mc-
Intosh, Claire Palmer, Micky
Spears; Emory at Oxford. Carole
Campbell, George Grove, Jr.,
Jackie Harris, Jeanne Parker,
Robert Hayes; Berry, Rome —
Martha Dianne Capes. Norma
June Capps; Young Harris —
Bobbie Corley, Nan Smith; Benj.
Franklin University, Washington.
D. C. — Cleveland Digby, Wayne
Kirk; ABAC, Tifton — Mort
Ewing, William Stanley McDon
ald; Bessie Tift. Forsyth — Con
nie Goodrich, Judy Hilley. Flora
Wells; West Ga., Carrollton —
Neron P. Hinton, Jr., Nannette
Hollingsworth. Gibson Loyd, Bar
bara Jean Parker, Vivian Travis
Rogers; Tennessee Tech —
Thomas Hogan. David McCul
lough, Mercer University, Macon
— Wayne Jones. Leo Mallard. Jr.,
• John Spears; LaGrange College
— Peggy Jordan; Ga. State Col
' lege of Business Administration,
Atlanta — Joyce Lee; Florida
State, Tallahassee — Patricia
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C. OTIS NIXON
. support of friends and admirers,
j to the court. Judge Frank Guess,
of the Superior Court of the
I Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit,
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15,000
READERS WEEKLY
Hubert And
Bell Leading
DeKALB COUNTY VOTE
18 Out of 40 Precincts
For Judge Superior Court:
H. O. Hubert. Jr. 8,357
Martin McFarland 6,502
For Solicitor General:
Richard Bell 6,264
John Jernigan 2,898
Clarence Peeler, Jr. 5,894
Returns at 11 P.M. gave an
indication of the vote in the
Primary Election showing Tal
madge leading Thompson by
3 to 1 and all incumbent Con
gressmen with assured election.
Congressman Davis with a 2
io 1 lead was assured of re
election ip the Fifth District.
Congressmen Forrester, Blitch,
Preston and Vinson also held
safe leads over opponents.
Newton County voters, in ear
ly returns Wednesday (last)
night, joinea in a sweeping vic
tory for Former Governor Her
man Talmadge in his race for
the United States Senate.
At 8:30 p. m., unofficial returns
from 13 of 17 precincts, gave
Talmadge 2.442 votes, against
367 for M. E. Thompson.
John L. Jernigan, prominent
Covington attorney, maintained
a strong lead in his race for Soli-
I citor General o‘ the Stone Moun
tain Circuit. He polled 2,239
votes, again't 205 for Richard
Bell, and 211 votes for Clarence
I Peeler Jr.
Judge H. O. Hubert Jr. and
Martin McFarland appeared run
ning neck-aiid-neck. although
.the latter led, 1,315 to 1,203, in
: Newton County.
A total of 1,172 voted in the
Town precinct, and 85 coldred
ballots were cast.
Talmadge and Jernigan were
easy leaders in every Newton
County precinct reporting.
Congressman John J. Flynt
was unopposed in his race from
the Fourth District.
Early returns in DeKalb Coun
ty, where the solictor general's
race is expected to be determin
ed, gave a slight edge to Clarence
Peeler Jr.
At the same time. Judge Hu
bert held a slight edge over
McFarland and Congres sm a n
James C. Davis appeared an easy
winner over Wyman C. Lowe.
Precincts included in the New
ton County totals above includ
ed: Town, Covyigton Mills,
Cedar Shoals (Porterdale), Gum
Creek, Mansfield, Almon, Stan
sell’s, Rocky Plains, Leguin,
Newborn, and Brick Store. Tal
madge polled every vote of the
54 cast at Gum Creek.
A complete and official recapi
tulation of resu’ts of the primary
will be made today (Thursday)
at the courthouse,
which embraces Newton. Rock
dale and DeKalb counties, will
accept Ihe portrait.
Another feature of the program
will be the presentation of a
check to the Newton County Hos
pital. for the dedication of a room
in honor of Mr. Nixon. B. B.
Snow, of the Hospital Authority,
will receive the check on behalf
of the hospital.
All friends throughout this sec
tion are invited for the ceremon
. ies.
Whitlow Richardson is chair
man of the local committee on
arrangements. Jimmy Morgan
has served as secretary, and Rob
ert R. Fowler has served as fin
ance chairman. E. Lee Stephen
son is publicity chairman.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Kimbrell
and daughters. Dotty, Jane, Rose
mary, and Jeanne, and Miss
Annie Laurie Turner, of Atlanta,
1 are among relatives of Mr. Nixon
, to be present for the ceremonies.
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